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By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi students have returned to classrooms for the first time in a year, following the prolonged closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Iraq’s Health Ministry has mandated health safety protocols that include obligatory vaccination or weekly PCR tests for teachers, social distancing among students and face masks.
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ZURICH (AP) — Mexico will have to play in an empty stadium for its next two home games in World Cup qualifying because of persistent anti-gay chants by fans. Mexico will host Costa Rica on Jan. 30 and Panama on Feb. 2. The empty stadium will cost the Mexican soccer federation millions of dollars in
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urielblanco (CNN) — Adoptar una dieta vegana se ha convertido en algo cada vez más habitual en los últimos años. El cambio de los consumidores hacia las alternativas basadas en plantas modificó las opciones de comida rápida y de alimentación, mientras que Impossible Burger y Beyond Meat se han convertido en empresas masivas que capitalizan
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials warn that potentially dangerous waves are expected along the coast in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Monday that “sneaker waves” that can suddenly surge to 3-4 feet are expected Monday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued the warning and urged people to stay back from
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, Eliza Mackintosh and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN At least five people have died after a building with more than 20 stories collapsed in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s economic hub, Lagos, on Monday, authorities said. The building, located on Gerald Road in the city’s affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, is a construction site for luxury
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a man holding two bloody knives was shot after he moved toward police in Los Angeles. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. Los Angeles Police Officer Drake Madison says authorities responded to a 911 call at around 5 p.m. Sunday about a man with a knife in
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a man in Germany faces a murder investigation after he apparently deliberately drove into a group of schoolchildren, killing an eight-year-old girl and seriously injuring two other girls. Friday’s incident outside a day care center in Witzenhausen, near the central city of Kassel, was initially thought to be an accident.
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Halloween weekend house party took a violent turn when a woman was shot to death. Las Vegas police say the shooting happened early Sunday. According to investigators, it started when five men were denied entry into the home. They later returned and fired multiple rounds into the house from a
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Audra McDonald is going from host of the Tony Awards to another stage role. The six-time Tony-winner will return to Broadway in the play “Ohio State Murders” by Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Dates and the creative team will be announced
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British authorities are investigating the crash of two passenger trains that left 14 people injured, including a train driver who was seriously hurt. The rear carriage of a train derailed Sunday after “striking an object” as it approached the station in Salisbury in southern England. Network Rail said the derailment knocked out
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By Brad Parks, CNN While technical issues were sorted prior to jury selection in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial Monday, Judge Bruce Schroeder played “Jeopardy!” with prospective jurors to pass the time. “Not to be Confused for 400,” Schroeder said. “On the menu, scallops are shellfish and these are immature or green onions.” “Scallions,” many prospective
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippines forces have killed a key communist rebel commander in one of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies, in what the military described as a daring raid in the remote south, but what guerrilla leaders said was an ambush. Jorge Madlos, who used the nom de guerre Ka Oris,
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — World leaders are turning up the heat and resorting to end-of-the-world rhetoric in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations. The metaphors were dramatic and mixed at the start of the talks known as COP26 on Monday. For British Prime Minister
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — World leaders are turning up the heat and resorting to end-of-the-world rhetoric in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations. The metaphors were dramatic and mixed at the start of the talks known as COP26 on Monday. For British Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN The Federal Register will publish within days the Labor Department’s rule requiring private businesses with 100 or more employees to vaccinate them or test them weekly, fulfilling an announcement President Joe Biden made in September. The Office of Management and Budget completed its required review of the emergency
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Si estás haciendo compras para Navidad probablemente hayas notado que los precios han subido en comestibles, artículos básicos, electrodomésticos, comida rápida y todo tipo de bienes de consumo. La inflación en Estados Unidos está en un máximo de más de una década. Eso significa que 2021 será una de
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday and thousands of city firefighters have called out sick in an apparent protest over the requirement. Mayor
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday and thousands of city firefighters have called out sick in an apparent protest over the requirement. Mayor
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation at its highest point in three decades, the Federal Reserve is set this week to begin winding down the extraordinary aid it has given the economy since the pandemic recession struck early last year, a process that could prove to be a risky balancing
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation at its highest point in three decades, the Federal Reserve is set this week to begin winding down the extraordinary aid it has given the economy since the pandemic recession struck early last year, a process that could prove to be a risky balancing
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